Three big hurdles facing the iPad Mini

Monday, October 22, 2012 - 00:40

Oct 23 - It may be smaller, but here’s why the next version of Apple's iPad might disrupt the market more than you could think.

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Apple faces three challenges the first or what emergence gonna be like. If people are using the iPad -- as an additional device in other words if it doesn't cannibalize iPad sales that's great for apple. If it cannibalize Apple's sales that could be that the second challenge will be how often people download material. The more often people use maps and download books that that are higher profit apple gets. In other words if they use like an iPhone people who download that much of these like an iPad people download allotment slots where profits for apple. That third one is how competitors will respond. If the new iPad is priced very low that could inspire price war with companies like Amazon cutting the price that their candles and I'd -- got for everybody.

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